Texans will try to contain Andrew Luck for entire game

The Texans contained Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck for one half this season. Then the No. 1 overall pick of the 2012 NFL Draft returned to form.

During three career games against the Texans, the ex-Houston resident has thrown seven touchdowns and no interceptions. Luck’s completion percentage is at just 47.3 percent. But he’s 2-1 against the Texans overall and 1-0 this year, including a 27-24 comeback win Nov. 3 at Reliant Stadium.

Luck rallied the Colts from a 21-3 halftime deficit during the game ex-Texans coach Gary Kubiak suffered a mini-stroke. Luck threw three second-half TD passes to wide receiver T.Y. Hilton, improving his career passer rating against the Texans to 94.5.

“We did like our team’s doing this year,” Texans interim coach Wade Phillips said Friday at Reliant Stadium. “We played really well in spurts, then we’ve either given up a big play or not made a play. That’s kind of how we’ve been, hit or miss, as far as that’s concerned.”